Tinker Tailor Soldier Judge
Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture
The Heritage Foundation
4.5 • 527 Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2022
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
The show and the Court are back from their mid-winter hiatus, and we have a lot to catch up on! There is, of course, Justice Breyer's retirement and President Biden's nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to replace him, in addition to all of the usual goings-on of our favorite branch of government. We have orders galore and five opinions on topics including the Boston Marathon Bomber's death sentence, FBI secrets, and a possible CIA black site in Poland. Your hosts discuss all of that, and then Zack interviews veteran litigator and former head of the Office of Legal Counsel, Steven Engel. At the end of the show, Zack quizzes GianCarlo with trivia about Judge Jackson. Stay tuned for a special episode all about the nominee in the coming weeks!
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| 0:00.0 | Mr. Chief Justice, may it please the court. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm John Carlo Canoparo. |
| 0:07.9 | I'm Zach Smith. |
| 0:09.0 | And welcome to SCOTUS 101, where we break down what's happening at the Supreme Court, what the justices are up to, and other things related to our favorite branch of government. |
| 0:21.4 | Welcome back to SCOTUS 101. |
| 0:24.3 | The court is back after their midwinter hiatus, and we're back too. |
| 0:28.3 | The next several weeks and months will be a sprint to the finish of the court's term. |
| 0:32.4 | We're waiting on decisions in several high-profile cases, all while the court is still accepting |
| 0:37.3 | new cases and hearing oral |
| 0:39.1 | arguments in its current cases. |
| 0:41.2 | On the news front, I unfortunately have some very sad news to announce. |
| 0:45.7 | On January 27th, Judge Marty Feldman of the Eastern District of Louisiana passed away. |
| 0:51.7 | Longtime listeners may remember Judge Feldman is the first judge that I ever |
| 0:55.3 | interviewed when I joined the show. In addition to interviewing him, I had the privilege of meeting |
| 0:59.7 | him a few times in person, and he was a fascinating, hilarious, and brilliant man. We will miss him. |
| 1:06.6 | Absolutely. Our hearts go out to his friends, family, and his many law clerks. |
| 1:11.6 | And, G.C., I remember we were talking to him at an event shortly before he passed away, |
| 1:17.1 | and he had everyone in stitches with his great storytelling ability. |
| 1:21.7 | He certainly did. Now, you could hear some of those great stories from when I interviewed him, |
| 1:27.3 | but for some of these stories which |
| 1:29.5 | didn't make it onto the episode, I would encourage you to track down some of his old law |
| 1:34.5 | clerks who I'm sure have many of those. Now, of course, we have to discuss Justice Breyer's |
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